Services company Sodexo has committed to transferring £800k of its annual Apprenticeship Levy to small-and-medium enterprises as part of its approach to levy transfer.
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Global recruitment firm Randstad has reported “a solid and competitive performance in an exceptional 2020” in financial results released today.
This week’s new launches include: Access, APSCo Embrace, NatWest, Stonor Recruitment, Storm4, Talentis, Waahjobs
This week’s new contracts & deals include: Ceridian, Cordant, Keystream, Phoenix51, Randstad, reed.co.uk, The Curve Group
This week’s appointments include: Hamilton Forth, IQ-EQ, NRG, Sanderson Solution, Tessiant, YunoJuno
Leeds-based financial services recruitment firm BWD has announced that it will adopt a four-day working week, effective immediately.
Kalpesh Baxi has joined regulated industries recruiter Hamlyn Williams as CEO, the company has announced.
Labour minister Rachel Reeves has called today for “the biggest wave of [government] insourcing in a generation”, in delivering a damning critique of outsourcing amid claims of a government “chumocracy” in issuing contracts to party donors and friends.
There are few events that cause our world to be flipped on its head and leave us gasping for breath as we fight to survive in the unexpected deluge. The pandemic in 2020 caused by COVID-19 has been one such for most businesses. At the start of the pandemic, recruiters had to deal with uncertainty on the hiring front, with companies struggling to stay afloat in the downturn. Meanwhile, the job market saw a surge in candidates with an increase in layoffs and lesser job openings.
Introduction
The COVID pandemic, subsequently paving the way for complete global lockdown, has brought an unprecedented, rapid change to the employment landscape in 2020. Businesses that were part of industries taking big hits and other SMEs found themselves laying off or furloughing their employees. Most companies were struggling to survive, let alone thrive, amidst this COVID storm and simply aimed to navigate through to the other side on safe shores.